†Melissites Engel 2001 (bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2001. A monograph of the Baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 259:1-192
Parent taxon: Melikertini according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Engel 2001
Sister taxa: Aethemelikertes, Amelikertotes, Haidomelikertes, Melikertes, Mochlomelikertes, Roussyana, Succinapis
Subtaxa: Melissites trigona
Type: Melissites trigona
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (AMNH collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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